The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-12

convention to songs and recitations. The
ladies of the Savannah Young Woman's
Union formed this youthful organization
and drilled its members. The legion has
membership &C forty-five and new
members are added almost every week. Mrs.
Chaplin and others addressed the children,
complimenting them highly for having
taken this stand on the temperance side
The reports were again taken up. Macon
reported some 20 members and the temper
given in the Macon Sunday schools, and
many other methods are adopted to incul-
cate temperance principles.
Mrs. Sibley made verbal report on
"Work among the colored people," and
urged the members to take more pains in
this direction. The colored people, she said
are greatly interested, and will vote for pro-
hibition and work for it, too. She reported
her experience as uniformly pleasing in that
she has noted their increasing interest in
temperance matters. She has delivered
lectures to them and was greatly surprised,
as well as pleased, to find how far they have
advanced in literary matters. She urged
the union to look of this work closely.
THE JUVENILE WORK.
| Miss Stokes read a very encouraging re-
| port on juvenile work from Atlanta.
Statistics were given in regard to both
white and colored unions and Bands of Hope
and showed large increase
On motion the following resolution was
unanimously adopted and its publication in
| the MORNING NEWS was requested:
Resolved, That the thanks Of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union of Georgia are due
and are heartily rendered to Rev. DR.. Potter
editor of the Wesleyan Christian ADVOCATE, for
his gallant defense of our organization and some
OF our most beloved and prominent officers. We
are glad that this chivalric and gentlemanly de-
Tense came from Georgia, and we desire to ex-
press our appreciation of the bold, brave words
| ia
an editor who has no superior In this or any
other State for worth, intelligence and piety.
Quite an interesting discussion followed in
regard to the best methods of union work,
and was participated in by nearly every
delegate. 1t was finally decided to postpone
further discussion of this subject until
this morning, when the plan for forming
and conducting Mothers Meetings. will
be taken up. A Question Box" will be
another novel and interesting feature of this
mornings session.
Mrs Chaplin, Mrs. Wells. Miss Stokes and
Others made brief addresses on the work of
the union
LOCAL OPTIONS HERO.
At So'clock last night the convention hall
was crowded, large part of the audience
being young men. The convention was
called to order by Mrs. Sibley, and after
music and devotional exercises, the Presi-
dent introduced Senator Pringle The
Senator said that it was hard thing to de-
liver two addresses in one day on the same
subject and to partially the same audience. He
briefly reviewed his speech of the morning.
noting the more important points Speak
ing of the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union he said that it has been the means of
putting hygiene and physiology on the list
of studies III nineteen States.
| Referring to the stories told of the disas-
| trous effects Of prohibition, he instanced a
|
| since, who wrote of the great change for the
worse in towns where prohibition is in effect
Instantly an avalanche of letters poured in,
| contradicting the stories, and proving that
these very towns are doing better now
than ever before. ''In Atlanta" the speaker
said, ''they first tried this dodge, but it
didn't work In "a city where land on,
foot, and where land is worth $4,000 per
acre just outside the city, prohibition GER
tainly has benefcent effect. = = In
| Savannah $500, 900, at low estimate, are
worse than thrown away annually. What
a drain upon the people! Just think of
these saloon agencies. at work filing your
| Jalls, your penitentiaries your asylums, your
| poor houses No wonder it costs the State
large sums of money to support these items of
expense created and legalized by the State
| itself. Not long since a town near here
adopted local prohibition. After a two
years trial the whisky men tried to get the
| saloon in again.
EFFECTS OF PROHIBITION.
| "To this end they went to the merchants
and had them to figure up their business for
two years before prohibition and two years
after, and what do you think of the result?
| The business of the years of prohibition was
| fully double that of the other years. Doesn't
| this answer all their silly arguments about
running towns by prohibition?
1.-THE only business that prohibition hurts
is the whisky traffic,p The Senator then
quoted from letters from prominent men in
every county of the State:
Bulloch-"We have prohibition to the entire
satisfaction of the people"
| Coweta-"The county has undergone a won
derful change since the prohibition of the liquor
traffic. The most peaceable county in the
State"
Clinch-"Liquor prohibited; never been de-
| feated; has proven beneficial in lessening crime
and RnomR0ng PT05PSeTty evas oarsr,, s.ts
| faction"
Forsyth" Prohibition gives splendid satisfac-
| ton"
Henry-"Dry as whistle, thank God"
Houston-'People voted for prohibition; viii
never be repealed"
Irwin delighted with prohibition"
Johnson Liquor prohibited eight years ago;
| result excellent"
Jefferson" Delighted with the change to pro-
| hibition."
Liberty-"Evils of intemperance will never be
tolerated again"
Monroe Decreasing business in the courts. D."
| Polk-"Prohibtion law gives satisfaction;
| whole county dry"
Pickens Liquor excluded fifteen years;
| people warm for prohibition"
| Putnam-"Five thousand dollars license ex-
cludes liquor. People rejoice thereat"
Randolph Peace without whisky; turbu-
| lence wthft"
Tattnan Everybody satisfied with no
| whisky"
Telfair-"Liquor prohibited. Wonderful sat
| isfaction.
In Banks, Dawson, Lumpkin, Milton, Rabun,
Taliaferro, Towns, Union, Quitman and others
| liquor is prohibited by the refusal of the Ordi-
nary or County Commissioners to issue licenses
and the representatives from these counties in
the last session of the General Assembly sneak
of the good results Of prohibition in the very
highest terms.
Continuing in this strain he advanced the
strongest arguments in favor of prohibition
and carried his audience with him. His
anecdotes were amusing and TO the point ::
they struck home and carried conviction
with them.
Mrs. Wells followed in very interesting
manner, giving her experience in other
States, and prophesying unbounded success
to the Georgia Womans Christian Temper
- ce Union Her address was most heartily
.eceived and insure for her and Mrs Cha
l,.ft, To, %,